Travel Canada A WebQuest by A. Junk **Introduction**Task ResourcesProcessEvaluationConclusion**Teacher Page** Introduction Have you ever thought about taking a trip across Canada? Well, here is your chance! You and a group of classmates will be part of a team that collects information for making maps in order to prepare a magazine article for the Canadian Geographic. You will also prepare a tourist guide for a province or territory that your team finds particularly interesting. **top** Task Your first job is to prepare thematic maps of Canada. The themes include: climate, natural resources, population and physical regions of Canada. Each member of your team is responsible for collecting information on one theme and answering several related questions. Your second job is to write an article for the Canadian Geographic magazine relating interesting facts about these themes and explaining how they are related to each other. Finally, you and your team will choose a province or territory to explore in depth. You will try to convince your other classmates that this province or territory is the best tourist destination in Canada. You will share your information in a brochure or poster of tourist sites that your team recommends. After oral presentations, the class will vote on the most exciting tourist destination. **top** Resources From the Internet
**top** Process 1. Each team member will chose a geographic theme to research. Click on your choice and answer the questions. Your answers are to be handed in to the teacher at the end of your WebQuest. Themes:physical regions climatenaturalresourcespopulation 2. When your research is finished, share your information with your team members. Together, discuss possible links that you have noticed among the themes. Then write one article for the Canadian Geographic. 3. As a team, choose a province or territory to explore. What interesting things are there to see or do? Make a tourist guide (a brochure or poster) to display the information you have found on at least five interesting tourist sites. You could also include interesting facts.
Or use Microsoft Publisher to design your brochure.
4. Make an interesting oral presentation about your province or territory to the class. **top** Evaluation Here is a rubric that will be used to evaluate your work. Conclusion Upon completion of this WebQuest, you will have:
improved your knowledge of the geography of Canada
improved your ability to read maps
improved your ability to take and organize notes
improved your ability to use the Internet
increased your knowledge of a province territory or Canada
Travel Canada
A WebQuest by A. Junk
**Introduction** Task Resources Process Evaluation Conclusion **Teacher Page**
Introduction
Have you ever thought about taking a trip across Canada? Well, here is your chance! You and a group of classmates will be part of a team that collects information for making maps in order to prepare a magazine article for the Canadian Geographic. You will also prepare a tourist guide for a province or territory that your team finds particularly interesting.
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Task
Your first job is to prepare thematic maps of Canada. The themes include: climate, natural resources, population and physical regions of Canada. Each member of your team is responsible for collecting information on one theme and answering several related questions. Your second job is to write an article for the Canadian Geographic magazine relating interesting facts about these themes and explaining how they are related to each other. Finally, you and your team will choose a province or territory to explore in depth. You will try to convince your other classmates that this province or territory is the best tourist destination in Canada. You will share your information in a brochure or poster of tourist sites that your team recommends. After oral presentations, the class will vote on the most exciting tourist destination.
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Resources
From the Internet
From the library
- atlases
- books
- encyclopedias
**top**Process
1. Each team member will chose a geographic theme to research. Click on your choice and answer the questions. Your answers are to be handed in to the teacher at the end of your WebQuest.
Themes: physical regions climate natural resources population
2. When your research is finished, share your information with your team members. Together, discuss possible links that you have noticed among the themes. Then write one article for the Canadian Geographic.
3. As a team, choose a province or territory to explore. What interesting things are there to see or do? Make a tourist guide (a brochure or poster) to display the information you have found on at least five interesting tourist sites. You could also include interesting facts.
- Print out data sheet here.
- **Template for a tri-fold brochure** done in Word.
- Or use Microsoft Publisher to design your brochure.
4. Make an interesting oral presentation about your province or territory to the class.**top**
Evaluation
Here is a rubric that will be used to evaluate your work.
Conclusion
Upon completion of this WebQuest, you will have:
- improved your knowledge of the geography of Canada
- improved your ability to read maps
- improved your ability to take and organize notes
- improved your ability to use the Internet
- increased your knowledge of a province territory or Canada
- worked in a cooperative group setting
**top**Updated: 2009Thanks to: Natural Resources Canada for the maps Canadian Flag Clip Art Gallery for the graphics